Reply to Yates et al

Affiliations

¹ Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town.
² Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York Public Health Research Institute Tuberculosis Center, New Jersey Medical School-Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Newark.
³ Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

Comment

Keren Middelkoop et al. J Infect Dis. 2015.

. 2015 May 1;211(9):1510-1.

doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu629. Epub 2014 Nov 11.

¹ Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town.
² Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York Public Health Research Institute Tuberculosis Center, New Jersey Medical School-Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Newark.
³ Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Transmission of tuberculosis in a South African community with a high prevalence of HIV infection.
Middelkoop K, Mathema B, Myer L, Shashkina E, Whitelaw A, Kaplan G, Kreiswirth B, Wood R, Bekker LG. Middelkoop K, et al. J Infect Dis. 2015 Jan 1;211(1):53-61. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu403. Epub 2014 Jul 22. J Infect Dis. 2015. PMID: 25053739 Free PMC article.
HIV infection and the transmission of tuberculosis.
Yates TA, Abubakar I, Tanser F. Yates TA, et al. J Infect Dis. 2015 May 1;211(9):1510. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu628. Epub 2014 Nov 11. J Infect Dis. 2015. PMID: 25387584 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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